Jeff x Jane ~ keep your enemies closer

You've Met With a Terrible Fate, Haven't You?

JEFF'S POV

I ran after the kid which I now recognised as Ben Drowned. An old but well known member of the creepy-pasta family. I stopped running when I saw a large fountain, just there in the middle of the forest. I had no idea if it had always been there of it had just appeared, but for some reason I felt like I was running in circles, round and round, over and over again, and it was beginning to make my head feel dizzy. I was soon back in a normal mind-set after I heard giggling coming from the fountain. I took out my knife and walked slowly towards the fountain, occasionally turning back so that I was sure nothing would get me from any direction. When I reached the fountain my eyes widened in fear and confusion, as when I looked in the water, at my own reflection, I was no longer Jeff the Killer, but I was the old me. Light hair and bright blue eyes. The lively and wonder-filled little boy I once was, before the burning, before my new idea of beauty, befor-

I didn't have a chance to finish my train of thought as something from behind pushed me into the shallow water, or what I thought was shallow. I seemed to sink for ages before finding my tread in the water and stabilising myself.

The natural look of the water began to change and stayed at the same light blue colour all the way through. I turned around and looked down to see what looked like a temple, fading into the deep water. I began to swim towards it but the closer I came, the more pixilated the building became.

After what seemed like forever, I reached the doors of the temple and there was a note there. Remembering what Slender had said about the pages, this one just a drawing of the mansion. I decided to push the doors, which to my luck were open. As soon as I stepped in I felt different. I looked around to see that everything was made up of blocky pixels. I looked at my hands to see that they had the same design to them, looking more like pale flesh coloured diamonds than delicate fingers, yet I could still grab objects just as easily. I looked up to see a green bar with hearts above it to my left, and to my right I seen icons which I could only assume had the image of the weapons I had on me at that time; a lighter, a knife, scissors, and from the icon saying "punch" I could only assume it meant my hands could be used as a weapon.

I recognised the icons and the pixels from my childhood, a game that I would play oh so often. I reminisced of having to blow into the N64 Majora's Mask cartridge before placing it into the console. And I remember the story.

The story of Ben Drowned.

Again my thoughts were broken, this time due to giggling. I turned round to jet black, soulless eyes with red dots for pupils. Despite being in water, of course the gaming world physics applied here, as the blood that seemed to be dripping from his eyes was still. Not actually falling into the water, and dissolving into the blue, but just staying there. And he wore Link's outfit that I knew all too well, with the change being that it was now bloodstained.

He giggled again and took out his sword, flickering while moving, and without thinking I lunged forward and stabbed him due to instinct. His green bar went down a little, showing that I had actually landed a hit and affected his health, but he stood and smiled. A twisted grin stuck on his face. He then spoke with a voice I had never heard before. It was glitchy, going from high to low within a split second, and overall it was creepy. He said only five words before flickering and disappearing into the blue...

..."YoU shOuLdn't HavE DoNE ThaT"...

As soon as the voice stopped the giggling was back followed by a sharp pain in my leg. I again turned round to be met with the soulless eyes. I looked up to see that my green bar of health had also faltered and went down. I went to punch, who I can only describe as Ben Drowned himself, but he just grabbed my hand. He flickered and I easily took my hand out of his grasp.

"You'Ve MeT WIth a TerRiBLE FatE HaVen't YoU"

I took the opportunity to swim to the other side of the room, forgetting about the whole teleportation thing. He teleported right in front of me and punched me square in the face, with a lot more strength than I expected. He giggled and watch my green bar go down further. I took out my knife and stabbed him and waited to see his bar decrease, but it never did, and he just smiled and forced me to pull my knife out of him. He giggled and started flickering and realised a pattern, so as he was flickering I took the chance to plunge my knife into him twice and the bar went down. His flicker glitch was his weakness, but again, he just teleported and punched me again.

This was going to be a long fight...

***

We were both on the last section of our green bars, our heart icons no longer full apart from the one at the end. This was the last chance for one of us to end the other, and he knew that too.

I could barely move, but he was still zipping about, teleporting to dodge every hit I tried to land, until all I could do was just stay limp in the same place. His giggling began to glitch and a chilling low chuckle was all that could be heard. I looked up and his eyes no longer had any red in them, the blood actually began to drip from them, and his once mostly green outfit was now just stained red. He was flickering and slowly began to move up to me. He then disappeared, and his glitched chuckle was the only thing left of him.

I knew that this was most likely going to be the end of my journey, then a high pitched screeching sound entered my ears, and suddenly I began to feel stronger, the original, strong, fast, and psychotic Jeff came back, and I knew what was happening. I forced myself up and smiled my wide smile, and opened my eyes as wide as they could go. I began to laugh as the screeching became louder and louder, until suddenly-

Silence.

I stared in front of me at my knife directly between the eyes of Ben. Pixel blood beginning to pour from him and he flickered more than ever. He then smiled and began giggling like a maniac, his voice again sporadically changing from high to low and handed me another note.

'One more, then you'll end up at the mansion for her, where you will meet with a terrible fate.'

He giggled one final time and then pixelated away. His soulless eyes the last to go, and as soon as they did, mine began to close.

And everything faded to black.

JANE'S POV

I heard something crash from what I assumed was Slender's room. I was free to roam the first floor but that was all. They were starving me of food, and I was quickly growing weaker. My already pale skin now translucent. Black circles around my eyes.

I couldn't close them due to flashes of Jeff being slaughtered by one of Slender's minions. I heard running behind me and spun around, which only resulted in me becoming dizzy and falling to the floor. Two sets of hands picked me up and took me to a room and lay me in bed. When my vision focused again I saw one wearing a pale mask with black eyes, and one wearing a hoodie where I could only see red eyes. The one in the mask spoke.

"We're gonna help you Jane"

He handed me some bread he'd obviously taken and too weak to resist, I put my trust in him and ate it, instantly beginning to feel better. The one in the hoodie then spoke.

"Our names are Masky, and Hoodie. We're going to get you out of here and back to Jeff"

And with that, I began to feel stronger.